Let's Get Lost.

I love to read. When I was younger, I read quite a bit more than I do now. It's probably because I didn't do any extra curriculars and now I do dance, theater and hirseback riding... I just wish I wasn't sacrificing my reading time... Sigh.
Anyway, top five favs?
Ok....
1) Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2) The Glass Castle
3) Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson
4) A Million Little Pieces
5) Shoot the Moon by Billie Lets

Why?
1) This book is a true story of a dying man who teaches his view on life to an old student. Each chapter covers a different conflict in life and handles it in a unique grace. It makes me cry all the time.
2) A memoir that is well written and makes me grateful. I don't know quite why it is at number 2, But I like it here as opposed to any other spot on this list.
3) The only book that has ever really, really scared me. This is a story of a completely messed up teen girl who claims to seeing sightings of the Virgin Mary. It is intense.
4) A 'supposed' memoir, the journey of a man through rehab who made it through without a God. I think it's inspirational for people who believe what they want.
5) Shoot the Moon. I loved the sound of it as it came off my tongue. It's a gripping mystery that I read in two hours, so extremely fascinating. I like mysteries...

Authors; I like anything by Sarah Dessen, David Guterson (Yes, I have already read Snow Falling On Cedars, I read it when I was twelve.), Mitch Albom and Billie Lets( You may have heard of "Where the Heart Is" [I like that one a lot too.)
I also have always been really interested in books that are about the Holocaust.

Books that fail?
Hmm....
Treasure Island. Barf.
Island of The Blue Dolphins. Gag...
Bridge to Terabithia. Hack.

It takes a lot for me to love or hate a book.
Currently, I'm reading Pride and Prejudice and another mystery which shall remane un-named.